El turismo es una de las industrias más dinámicas y de mayor crecimiento en el mundo, con un impacto significativo en las economías, las culturas y el medio ambiente. Según la Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT), en ...
Villasana, Yanet; Brito, Joaquin Luis; Luis Luis, Miguel Ángel; Méndez, Franklin J.(Scopus, 2024)
In the context of the energy transition scenario, effective sulfur management is crucial. Enhancing the quality of extra heavy crude oil (EHCO) through catalytic processes, specifically hydrotreatment, is essential for ...
The isolation and characterization of new Lactobacillus strains from fermented traditional foods is a global
trend as it enhances the potential for discovering novel probiotic foods. The fermented cocoa (Theobroma
cacao) ...
Ecuadorian ecosystems experience high pressure due to anthropogenic activities and climate change. Despite the need of regular monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES), attempts to assess the current and ...
Understanding the regulation of flowering time is crucial for adaptation of crops to new environment. In this study, we examined the timing of floral transition and analysed transcriptomes in leaf and shoot apical meristems ...
Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide that has received particular attention due to its widespread use and potential adverse effects for aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Its toxicity to aquatic organisms has been ...
Tropical mountain forests are areas of high plant diversity. While alpha diversity patterns are better documented along altitudinal gradients, how beta diversity varies between elevation ranges is less well known. Specifically, ...
Objetivo:El objetivo de este estudio es analizar las percepciones de la efectividad pedagógica del taller sobre el uso de la Taptana cañaripara la enseñanza de las matemáticas en diversos contextos educativos.Marco ...
Lasso García, Christian; German Bermúdez, Fátima Andrea; Vanden Berghe, Wim; Zurita-Benavides, María Gabriela; Orellana Manzano, Andrea(Scopus, 2024)
Purpose: Traditional fermented beverages are a valuable cultural, economic,
and social heritage of Latin American societies that deserve to be preserved and
strengthened with sustainable development and respect for ...
Tiegs, Scott D.; Capps, Krista A.; Costello, David M.; Schmidt, John Paul; Patrick, Christopher J.; Espinosa, Rodrigo Eduardo; Follstad Shah, Jennifer J.; LeRoy, Carri J.; Acuña, Vicenç; Albariño, Ricardo; Allen, Daniel C.; Alonso, Cecilia; Andino, Patricio; y más(Scopus, 2024)
Rivers and streams contribute to global carbon cycling by decomposing immense quantities of terrestrial plant matter. However, decomposition rates are highly variable and large-scale patterns and drivers of this process ...
Ayala González, Jholaus; Bruno A. S. de Medeiros, Bruno A. S.; Peñuela Mora, María Cristina(Scopus, 2024)
The palms Prestoea acuminata and P. schultzeana are found at altitudes between 800 and 2600 m asl. and 200 and 1300 m asl., respectively. Although they are important components in the dynamics of the Andean–Amazon transition ...
Vicente Pérez, Katia Stefanía; Vasco Palacios, Aída M.; Zurita Benavides, María Gabriela; Peñuela Mora, María Cristina(Scopus, 2024)
Ecuador is a multicultural and megadiverse country where nearly 50 species of wild edible macrofungi (WEM), used by 12 indigenous peoples, have been reported. The Kichwa use 29 species of mushrooms, but aspects of their ...
Bermúdez Puga, Sebastián; Dias, Meriellen; Lima Reis, Iara; Freire de Oliveira, Taciana; Yokomizo de Almeida, Sonia Regina; Mendes, Maria Anita; Moore, Simon J.; de Almeida, José R.; Proaño Bolaños, Carolina; de Souza Oliveira, Ricardo Pinheiro(Scopus, 2024)
Listeria monocytogenes is a human opportunistic foodborne pathogen that produces life-threatening infections with a high mortality rate. The control of Listeria in the food production environment and effective clinical ...
Phytoremediation is an environmentally friendly, economical, and sustainable technique for restoring farmland. It can remove heavy metals and organic pollutants from the soil through the implementation of hyperaccumulator ...
Zhang, Pengshuai; Zhang, Tengyu; Zhang, Jingxin; Liu, Huaiyou; Chicaiza Ortiz, Cristhian David; Lee, Jonathan T. E.; He, Yiliang; Dai, Yanjun; Tong, Yen Wah(Scopus, 2024)
The utilization of biochar derived from biomass residue to enhance anaerobic digestion (AD) for bioenergy recovery offers a sustainable approach to advance sustainable energy and mitigate climate change. However, conducting ...
The purpose of this work is to document the investigations on motivation and EFL teaching and learning in
elementary school, secondary school, and university settings in Ecuador that have been published since 2010 until ...
A response is provided to the Rapporteurs’ comments on Proposal 193 to amend the Shenzhen Code. If adopted, Prop. 193 would amend Div. III, Prov. 5 of the Code so as to require a simple majority to approve—as opposed to ...
We present a taxonomic review and systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846) based on examination of 400 museum specimens, a phylogeographic analysis of 818 locality records, ...